24 stories by "Lesley Alexander"
A classic dictionary definition of 'farce' includes "ludicrously improbable situations" and "slapstick." Both are prominently displayed in the outlandish comedy, "Don't Dress for Dinner," by…
Feeding upon the frenzy of primary season, "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" is as cutting edge today as it was when it originally debuted in 1960.
Elena Rogers gives a tour-de-force performance. Entertaining in a dynamic fashion, this revival of "Evita" is simply electrifying!
Part play, part multi-media presentation, part lecture, "Magic/Bird," a basketball story about the rivalry of Ervin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, stumbles through the peaks and valleys of …
If you like your stars ragged and exposed, raunchy and self-involved, then you'll love the British import about the last days of the legendary Judy Garland's life, from playwright, Peter Qui…
Delightfully charming, "Newsies," is an old-fashioned style musical, big on heart and full of tap-dancing fun. It even offers a break-out star in Jeremy Jordon as Jack Kelly, the charismatic…
In the current economic climate, is a flimsy, sophomoric show about a college basketball team lusting to finally win a game worth a Broadway ticket price?
From the overly long musical intro composed by pop star, (and one of the play's producers) Alicia Keys, to soap opera-like revelations, Lydia R. Diamond's new play, "Stick Fly," is a humorou…
"Sex and the City's" blond siren, Kim Cattrall, is the draw for this highly charged revival of Noel Coward's classic comedy.
"...explodes onto the stage with the precision of a perfectly timed device."
"Telling the truth is a very expensive hobby." So states a character in John Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities," a scathing family drama which transferred to Broadway's Booth Theatre from L…
What do a mental patient with a philosophical bent, a dumb-blond widow, and a philanderer professing true love, have in common? Why, dysfunctional family dynamics, of course - the stuff of w…
'Liquidity and confidence' is the motto of Gregor Antonescu - the Bernie Madoff of the nineteen thirties " featured as the leading character in the Roundabout's revival of "Man and Boy."
A tour-de-force performance from Tyne Daly gives the revival of Terrence McNally's brittle pseudo-bio of Maria Callas plenty of bite...
Usually played more for its comic elements than its serious side, "All's Well That Ends Well," has often confounded Shakespearean scholars.
It's a rare occasion when a playwright's voice is absorbing when utilizing a play as a personal soapbox, but such is the case with Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart."
With an explosive performance from Mark Rylance, direct from the Royal Court Theatre in London, "Jerusalem" erupts on The Music Box stage with the tenacity of a hungry wolf.
With an explosive performance from Mark Rylance, direct from the Royal Court Theatre in London, "Jerusalem" erupts on The Music Box stage with the tenacity of a hungry wolf.
A painfully misguided production, the revival of John Guare's black comedy "House of Blues Leaves," sadly strains under director David Cromer's concept - simply, that the surreal elements of…
From the National Theatre of Great Britain to the grand stage of the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center, the multi-media extravaganza "War Horse" is a tour de force of stagecraft and puppetee…
The film, "Catch Me If You Can," about the world's greatest scam artist, seems tailor-made for a splashy Broadway musical adaptation and the creative team of Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and…
If your heart belongs to the disco era, and you can never get enough sequins, then the musical adaptation of the film, "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," is the glitzy, psychedelic-colored fa…
Traditional in form and style, but subversive in content, the new musical, "The Book of Mormon," is a no-holds-barred extravaganza rife with irreverence.
How does a bleak war-torn tale of sin and redemption find its way to Broadway these days? Casting an Oscar-winner in his Broadway debut doesn't hurt. Enter Robin Williams in Rajiv Joseph's e…
